Blue Belt Requirements

White belt to Blue belt pathway ~ 101 Curriculum and conditioning phase

On average, 25 classes per stripe, 18-24 months of training with a minimum of 125-150 classes.

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Focus on

  • Conditioning your body
  • Stepping outside your comfort zone
  • Being consistent with instructed classes
  • Studying this curriculum
  • Learning these basic mechanics and vocabulary

Fundamental Solo Drills

  1. Tie your belt properly
  2. Side Break Fall / Stand In Base
  3. Back Break Fall / Stand In Base
  4. Reverse Shrimp
  5. Reverse Shrimp / Thread The Needle
  6. Backward Roll to Stand
  7. Wrestler’s Sprawl
  8. Wrestler’s Shot
  9. Forward Roll to Break Fall
  10. Forward Roll to Stand

Throws and Takedowns / 2 minute situational roll
1 leg throw
O soto gari
1 hip throw
O Goshi
1 double leg takedown
Turn the corner
1 way to defend double leg take down
Sprawl
1 single leg takedown
Dump
1 way to defend high single leg takedown
1/4 Nelson sprawl

Self Defense
Low base stance in good posture with hands held high
1 way to clinch off haymaker
1 way to defend the front headlock (guillotine) standing up
Shoulder overhook takedown
1 way to defend the side headlock standing
Tani O Toshi to side control
1 way to defend the headlock on the ground
neck frame and shrimp to reverse

Passing the Guard / 2 minute situational roll
1 way to open the closed guard
hip grips and walk back
3 ways to pass the guard
Bull fighter
Knee cut from combat base
Stack pass / Backstep Pass combo

Half Guard / 2 minute situational roll
1 Half Guard sweep
Old School Sweep
2 Half Guard Passes
Foot Wedge
Leg Squeeze

Guard / 2 minute situational roll
3 ways to sweep your opponent from closed guard
Hip Bump Sweep
Scissor Sweep
Pendulum Sweep
2 ways to sweep your opponent from open guard
Butterfly Sweep
Double Ankle Sweep
5 Submissions from the closed guard
Triangle / overhook entry
Arm Bar / chain link entry
Cross Collar Choke
Kimura / hip bump entry
Guillotine / hip bump entry
1 Submission from open guard
Straight ankle lock
-Escape: boot and scoot

Side Control / 2 minute situational roll
3 ways to pin & 1 way to mount
-100 Kilos
-North/South
-Head & Arm
3 submissions from side control
Americana
Kimura
Arm Triangle
2 ways to escape side control
Near knee in to guard
Underhook to knees

Mount / 2 minute situational roll
1 way to pin & 1 way to back take
low mount with grapevines / head & arm control
opponent rolls to turtle / let roll
3 submissions from mount
Cross Collar Choke
Americana
Arm Bar
2 ways to escape mount
Upa
Elbow Escape

Back Mount / 2 minute situational roll
1 way to control & 1 way to mount if they escape
-Seatbelt with hooks in
-Step over and hook hip with heel, leg curl to mount
2 submissions from the back
Rear Naked Choke / Mata Leao
Sliding Collar Choke
1 submission from back mounted
Crossed ankle lock from back mount
1 way to escape from back mount
back to the floor / end in side control
1 way to hold & submit from Turtle
-hip to hip / gripping nearside tricep and far hip
-Clock Choke
1 way to escape from Turtle
Sit through to guard or half guard